Yoko-Dovyrensky Massif, Dovyren Highlands, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

Layered dunite-troctolite-gabbro massif in the northeastern Lake Baikal Region. Famous deposit of blue diopside in skarn xenoliths.

References:
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- Galuskin, E. V. et al. (2007) Dovyrenite Ca6Zr[Si2O7]2(OH)4 - a new mineral from skarned carbonate xenoliths in basic-ultrabasic rocks of the Ioko-Dovyren Massif, Northern Baikal region, Russia. Mineralogia Polonica 38, 15-27. http://www.ptmin.agh.edu.pl/vol38no1/vol38no1_2.pdf]